Flashcards
The Byzantine Connection
Flashcards do conjunto (5)
- 1—Santa Maria Assunta (left) and Santa Fosca (right). the Assunta was built initially in the 7th century and rebuilt in the 9th and 11th. Santa Fosca is a matryrium and mausoleum was built in 1011 when the bones of St Fosca were brought to Torcello.
- 2—Santa Fosca, Torcello, 1011, Floorplan
- 3—Santa Maria Assunta (and baptistry) and Santa Fosca floorplan, Torcello
Cathedral founded by bishop Marro,
- 4—Mary and Child, Santa Maria Assunta, 13th century
similar stylistically to a virgin and child mosaic found in the Hagia Sofia
- 5—The Last Judgement, mosaic, Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello, 12th Century
